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Show I VAN HORN TELLS I OF EXPERIENCES j Drove First Automobile Into S Tantoyuca in the State of j Vera Cruz, Mexico "We drove into the outskirts of town about 5:30- Natives who bad never seen an aulomoMIe r.tmo to the doors of. their huts, took one look, and at once disappeared." Contrary to the natural supposition the foregoing paras raph Id nut an ex-tract ex-tract from a diaty compiled bl explorer of twent m thirty yearn Ki, when four-wheeled vehicle! were firal ginning to be propelled by i power It is a paragraph irom a let-icr let-icr written in the year 1920, conrern-In conrern-In an incident that occurred in 1920 on the North American continent. It "As we drove clown the main tre-t of the town. curloslt overcoming their ,r, children In Increasing number . . n hk i" hi-.-f ii.c B pins their hands." LVVi To be more specific, it Is part of an account of the uni.n of the first uu-tomoblle uu-tomoblle in the town of Tantoyuca, ,-t.iie of Vere Cruz, Mexico Ths car was driven by Frank li Van Horn, chief geologist for the CI, del Agwi. 8. A., of Tamplco. Tamiu M xlro. He othei geolo- i.ists. ; H. Shelton "'1 Richard Bry-B Bry-B ant. The trip era made In Dodg mothers' tourl K i Tantouca is a cnty-flve miles from the gull and sixty mlb-s from a railroad II H In a rather mountainou intry, Willi steep hills in man) Instances covered B with large boulders makuiR the roads almost linpaa-abl.- . pi pack .ini- LBBJ i ITT EM ITS MAUI B "L'p to the lime of our trip.' Nan Horn says In his letter to Dodge Itrolhers. Detroit. "110 attempt 1 t-ver been made t Ki-t " oiiml.llc- 1 into this territory, bul had gon to nhln twelvi mlU i ot Tuntoyuca with H pUI vry little road work. g the rest of the way. On March w '" B Pico and drew scm n: H Irs, where nls'bl. The H i xt day we encountered dlffl- H cutties, having to us. ax, pick and H ahoxel, and even blot k and tat kie in H fretting ucrooN canons mid R Whiifur ll was at all possible for a B car to get a footing we along H Without trouble. In plat H necessary for the car to pull up a H IVUgll Slope of 1 ! !'- Kit i K Many similar experience preceded H the triumphal entry into the isolated H town, which too) pluce ib second day ' B of the trip. . Van H fCCOUnl of tlx- whlrh fol- i H lowed the flrai reception by the , H natives Is epo tally Interesting. I URIVJ i in m i i H "We drove to the hotel, a I rge. typl- BBH Call) Mexican house, with high cell- BBBh Inged rooms, and a targe portico tilled 1 with flort'cm and shrubbery," he H writes- "Dona Kellclano 8. 'ludn H Uererru in ihi doorxxux and wel- BBBh comod ua in H she ttuB proud Indeed at having the BBBJ people who brought 'lie flr1 automo- BBBl hile into Tantoyuca at her BBBb iii.uhp. i m k inn iv aiieniioon snoweren H "After refre re- BJ Bs BBBJ dren who were not airald to trust BJ themselves to We BBBB confine ourselves to the cIhMmii ,i BBH tlrely but In the course of the eve- BftBB nlng took various prominent citizens H for u short ride. i H more pleasure In their happy com- H mcnts than did they In their fir."; H tomoblle ride No fear of collisions in H Tantoyuca, where not even carta are H dtiven. The only vehicle ever m town H was a bugg brought knocked l down, on bark- of mules, and it lias i long etace gia up its etruggle Bo could drive with no f 1 turning signals bad no meaning. B "We retired about 10 3" In pood M bedii and slept the sleep of the weary. 1 !' the morning we took hlldn for driven, and took nil that can, I in try until 1 o'clock, when Don.i Pel-Iriano Pel-Iriano callen us to dinner. And such a dinner soup. beef, chicken, fruit, frtjolcs. not forgetting wine and rof- 1 fre. with an orchestra playing Mexl-i H Ban airs whll,. we 3 OHCHJ s. K IN CAR H "After dinner we took the orc hnstra in the r-r. imitlnc that thv piv H during thi about the M i They enjoyed it Immensely and ful- I idled their part of the bur cam 1 "When we returned to tlx botal the B 'Me girls whom we had taken fot 1 rldee had come In with i-mfiiis if fh.wers which they presefi' 1 t.. 1 and as we prepared to start on our return trip th. hung garlands of M loses on the The eit officials railed on us. en-( Jcyed a ride about town, and had a notao' public take " record or the name of our part. make of car. Ill nse number, eti . and Inscribed it in the historical record ..f the city We began our retm u i rip :.t j P m Ing Comales at 6:30 I should also add tt.nt Dona Pellclano would nol l-i her hotel on this trip. InjlatlQg that H ll was 'her party.' |